Room actor Jacob Tremblay is on cloud nine as he got to click a selfie with his favourite Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio.

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India Today Web Desk

New Delhi

February 1, 2016

UPDATED: February 1, 2016 18:40 IST

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jacob Tremblay

The 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards saw many eminent Hollywood celebrities walking the red carpet on January 30 night. But the youngest of them all - Jacob Tremblay - stole the show.

Who is Jacob Tremblay, you wonder? Tremblay is the 9-year-old Canadian actor who starred in this year's Oscar-nominated film Room. Tremblay played the role of Brie Larson's son Jack Newsome in the film. He has won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.

Though the young actor lost the SAG Award to Idris Elba, he has no regrets about it. On the other hand, British actor Idris Elba befriended Tremblay at the Weinstein Company & Netflix's after-party. The two actors were snapped together. Idris Elba, 43, won two awards for his roles in the film Beasts Of No Nation and the TV series Luther.

The child artist even co-presented the award to Elba along with co-actor Brie Larson.

Idiris Elba accepted the award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for his role in Luther from presenters Jacob Tremblay (L) and Brie Larson (R) at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards. Photo: Reuters

Elba wasn't the only star who was smitten by the young actor. From what transpired thereafter, Leonardo DiCaprio too seemed quite impressed by Tremblay. Reason? Jacob took a selfie with his favourite actor and idol DiCaprio at the SAG Awards - and the latter posed happily for the same (a rarity, no?) as he captioned it, "This just happened!!! I finally met #leonardodicaprio #sagawards. (sic)"

Earlier, on the red carpet, Jacob had said that of all the stars, he was looking forward to meeting Leonardo DiCaprio the most. He had missed the opportunity to meet him at the Critics' Choice Awards; DiCaprio could not attend the event as he was busy promoting his film The Revenant in Europe. Both the actors won the Critics' Choice Award for different categories at the event. At the SAG Awards 2016, Tremblay finally saw his wish fulfilled.

Jacob Tremblay has been grabbing attention ever since he was seen in Lenny Abrahamson's Room. The adorable actor showed some amazing dance moves after winning the Critics' Choice Award. He shared a video of the after-party and captioned it, "Celebrating the #criticschoiceawards to my favorite jam!! Thank-you!!!#roomthemovie (sic)."